Child Poverty in BC

November 2013: Chilliwack

In 2008, 22 per cent of BC kids lived in poverty, in 2009, 11.8 per cent of BC kids lived in poverty, in 2010, 10.5 per cent of BC kids lived in poverty, in 2011, 16.4 per cent of BC kids lived in poverty, in 2012, 14.3 per cent of BC kids lived in poverty, and now in 2013, 18.6 per cent of BC kids, or one in five, live in poverty, according to First Call, BC Child and Youth Advocacy Committee. Today, the BC child poverty rate is still the worst in Canada, according to First Call. Hardest hit are female single parent families at 49.8 per cent, or every one in two, living in poverty.

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Poverty can mean being teased about the way you're dressed.

Poverty can mean hiding your feet so the teacher won't get cross when you don't have boots.